diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 34e102ec95c26ad746c183a9c714d24b535ecbfd..2af795d6ba0556f25c489b2b8609a30f2824393a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1610,6 +1610,8 @@ static int vxlan6_xmit_skb(struct vxlan_sock *vs,
 	vxh->vx_flags = htonl(VXLAN_FLAGS);
 	vxh->vx_vni = vni;
 
+	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, htons(ETH_P_TEB));
+
 	udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb(vs->sock, dst, skb, dev, saddr, daddr, prio,
 			     ttl, src_port, dst_port);
 	return 0;
@@ -1652,6 +1654,8 @@ int vxlan_xmit_skb(struct vxlan_sock *vs,
 	vxh->vx_flags = htonl(VXLAN_FLAGS);
 	vxh->vx_vni = vni;
 
+	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, htons(ETH_P_TEB));
+
 	return udp_tunnel_xmit_skb(vs->sock, rt, skb, src, dst, tos,
 				   ttl, df, src_port, dst_port, xnet);
 }